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FOLDING BOX.

Patented May 1, 1883.

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FOLD-ING B0X. Y No. 2176.676. Patented May 1',1a8s.-

WITNSSBS: INVBNTUR ATTORNBr UNITED STATES PATENT, Ormes.,

SIDNEY J. EVERETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE FISHKILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

FOLDING Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,676, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed July l, 1882. Renewed March 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, SrDNEY J. Evnan'r'r, of the city of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in that class of boxes known as Folding or Knockdown Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

`In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a blank of thick paper, or cardboard, or simi- :o lar material, cut and creased and ready to be folded into a box, with the string, tape, ribbon, or similar material attached. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 6 are end views of different styles of my box when closed and ready for use; and i5 Fig. 5 is a side View of a box also closed and ready for use.

y Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all iigures.

These boxes are made from thick paper, or

.zo card-board,or similar material, and cut into a blank of the proper size for a box. The boxes vary in size, andthe blank must be cut to correspond to the size of the box to be made. The usefulness of such boxes depends largely upon the mode of opening or closing them and the means by which they are held closed when in use; Heretofore such devices have been employed to close them as to render the boxes unsafe to carry with a weight inside. For instance, a slot is used in one of the end laps and a hook or catch in the other end lap to enter the slot and catch and lock upon the side of the slot. Such a device was readily torn away and the contents would fallout. Folding boxes and envelopes have also been made with tapes or cords as a `means of securing them when closed, which cords or tapes have been sometimes secured to an end fla-p or passed through eyelets made for that pur- 4o pose. More particular references to such devices are found in the patents to Bolchini, August 12, 1879, No. 218,479; Schultz, September 23, 1879, No. 219,879; Buckingham, May 17, 1881, No. 241,525, and Woolhiser, March 2l, 1882, No. 255,374; but my invention dit'- fers from all these in many respects-as, forinstance, none of my iiaps are cut round or beveled or with slits or tongues, and the tape or cord used by me passes through openingsin the flap, 5o and is a continuous piece, not two pieces, as

' eral purposes.

in the Patent No. 255,374, nor does it pass "into slits in the side of the iiap, as in Patent No. 241,525; and my box di-i'ers fromthese, also, in its construction as to gluing the small flap T onto the side Hap, U, and thus the leverage for the cord or tape is more exact, and greater Weight can be carried than in other devices,

such as have been referred to. By my method this danger is avoided. Again, the boxes heretofore used were often destroyed by the person closing them by tearing the slot orthe catch, and in such cases the boxes were worthless, and in all casesthe boxes heretofore used could only be used once, because by closing and opening them the end lap would be bent, the material cracked or broken, and thereafter the usefulness of the boxes destroyed. Ihave overcome all these diliculties, and in. addition increase the rapidityby which these knockdown boxes can be set up, filled, and closed, thereby enabling the'salesman 'to wait upon a larger number of customers in the same given time; and I also decrease largely the expense of this class of boxes by my construction, which isa very important item, as they are usually given to the customer with the article purchased.

The blank for my box is cut in six places, A A A, in straight cuts, and it is creased or scored at B B B B and B B. These creases allow of theportions marked (l D E F G r be ing bent or folded over to close the ends of the box, and the parts at H H to fold up and form the sides of the. box. l make small incisions, large enough to pass a cord, string, tape, ribbon, or similar material through. This cord or ribbon I glue fast tothe inside of one of the end tlaps and pass it through these incision-s I .I K L M and ont over the side ot' the box, then through the incisions N O P Q R and fasten the other end of the ribbon to the inside ofthe flap G, and this ribbon S serves for sev- It is a handle by which to carry the box, and it pulls the iiaps D and E and F and Gr on either end of the box together and holds them rmly closed when the box is 1n use.

glue, then fold this edge over and inside of the opposite edge, U,and press the two ed ges rml y together. During this operation thecreases Along one ot' the edges, as at T, I put A IOO lll

or scores B BB B allow the parts to fold, as just described. When the glue has hardened thebox is ready for use. At one end the flaps G C are first folded down, then the string or ribbon is pulled through the incisions K L M in the direction of K to M, vwhich closes the flaps D and E. The article is put into the box at the other end, the two flaps C C on that end folded down, the ribbon or string pulled through the incisions P O N in thedirection of P to N, and the box is securely closed. The heavier the article inside the tighter -the end iiaps,D, E, F, and G, are pulled together, and thus the box is more secure, and tightly closed; but the natural Weight of the box is of itself sufficient to keep the ends closed, and even if the box belaid down the end iiaps, D E FG C G, will not open or fall down. Thus, it will be seen, to open the box and remove its contents the flap D or G is pulleddown, and with it the ribbon or string is pulled through the incisions, and then the other two end iiaps, C C,

are pulled out and the box is open.

The end flaps, C G, are not essential to my box, except as they may be required for special purposes; but the flaps D, E, F, and G, with the ribbon or string,will answer theentire purpose of closing the end of the box.`

I have shown in Figs, 2, 3, 4, and 6 modiications of the plan shown in Fig. l. Thus in Figs. 2 and 4 the incisions J K I Q are omitted, thereby bringing the ribbon or tape outside of the contiguous edges ot' the flaps D E F G and greatly decreasing theliability ofthe edges of the iiaps to be bent up or torn while in use. The same results and additional strength are obtained and a neater and more attractive end secured bythe designs shown in Figs. 3 and 6. In these designs the incisions J, K, P, and Q are omitted, and the incisions L and O are lengthened, so as to receive the tongueshaped ends of the flaps D and G, aswell as the string or tape. In all these modifications there are usually six incisions in the blanknamely, I, L, M, N, O, and It-and the path of the ribbon vwould be from the interior of the box, at I, out through the incision I and into the interior ot' the box, again through the incision L and out through the top of the box at the incision M, thence through the incision N to the interior of the box and out of the incision O, and thenagain to the interior of the box through the incision B. Should the incisions I and It be omitted, the result would be the same; but in that case the ends ofthe ribbon would not pass into the interior of the box, but be secured to the outside of the flaps D and G. l prefer, for neatness, to employ these two incisions I and It and secure the ribbon to the inside ofthe flaps. y

It will be readily seen that it is the same principle, whether the ribbon or string passes over the edge ot' the iiapor through an incision a little back of the edge. The leverage is made over one of the end aps, and this holds the other flap tightly closed, and, then passing on the inside of the box, another purchase or point of leverage is obtained, thus dividing the strain on the ribbon and on the box. It is immaterial to which of the end flaps the ribbon is attached, the only difference being that the box will hang as the ribbon passes through one or the other of the sides of the box. Usually two sides of the box are wider than the other two; but the box may be perfectly square, or any other form desired.

Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Two flaps in a knockdown box, provided with a ribbon glued to the inside ot' one of said flaps, and an incision -through said flap, whereby the ribbon passes through the same and over the outside edges of both of said aps to an incision in the second flap, and through the said incision to the inside of said second flap, and an incision through the top side of the box to permit of the ribbon passing through from the inside of the box, whereby the aps may be firmly held in place to close the end ofthe box, and the ribbon used as a handle to carry the box and as a means of holding said flap firmly closed, substantially vas described.

2. A folding box provided with one continuous ribbon or cord, glued at its ends to two iiaps of said box, and passing through incisions to the interior of the box, and thence out through the top of said box, whereby the box is brought into shape by pulling the ribbon or cord through the incisions, and provided with a handle, substantially as described.

SIDNEY J. EVERETT. Witnesses J osEPH C. WATSON, ANDREW WrLsoN. 

